Après l’anthologie Sacred Kind Of Love parue en 2019, SoulMusic Records présente In The Name Of Love, un coffret 5-CDs réunissant les cinq albums enregistrés par Grover Washington Jr. pour le label Elektra entre 1979 à 1984.
Pionnier du mouvement smooth jazz et figure incontournable du jazz-funk dans les années 1970, le saxophoniste a atteint de nouveaux sommets de popularité grâce au LP Winelight (1980) et son titre phare “Just The Two Of Us“, interprété par Bill Withers, et The Best Is Yet To Come (1982) et sa chanson-titre featuring Patti LaBelle.
Produit par David Nathan, masterisé par Nick Robbins, In The Name Of Love rassemble également toutes les faces-B et versions édit de chaque single de cette période. Ce coffret est accompagné par un livret du journaliste Charles Waring incluant des entretiens avec, entre autres, Dexter Wansel, Najee et Gerald Albright.
Grover Washington Jr In The Name Of Love – The Elektra Years (1979-1984) sera disponible le 26 novembre (distribution : Cherry Red).
Tracklisting
CD 1 :
Paradise (Expanded Edition)
1 Paradise
2 Icey
3 The Answer In Your Eyes
4 Asia’s Theme
5 Shana
6 Tell Me About It Now
7 Feel It Comin’
Bonus Tracks
8 Tell Me About It Now (Single Edit)
9 Feel It Comin’ (Single Edit)
CD 2 :
Winelight (Expanded Edition)
1 Winelight
2 Let It Flow (For Dr J)
3 In The Name Of Love
4 Take Me There
5 Just The Two Of Us (featuring Bill Withers)
6 Make Me A Memory (Sad Samba)
Bonus Tracks
7 Let It Flow (For Dr J) (Single Edit)
8 Winelight (Single Edit)
9 Just The Two Of Us (featuring Bill Withers) (Single Edit)
10 Make Me A Memory (Sad Samba) (Single Edit)
11 Take Me There (Single Edit)
CD 3 :
Come Morning (Expanded Edition)
1 East River Drive
2 Come Morning
3 Be Mine (Tonight) (featuring Grady Tate)
4 Reaching Out
5 Jamming
6 Little Black Samba (featuring Grady Tate)
7 Making Love To You
8 I’m All Yours
Bonus Tracks
9 Be Mine (Tonight) (featuring Grady Tate) (Single Edit)
10 Reaching Out (Single Edit)
11 Jamming (Single Edit) 12 East River Drive (Single Edit)
CD 4 :
The Best Is Yet To Come (Expanded Edition)
1 Can You Dig It
2 The Best Is Yet To Come (with Special Guest, Patti LaBelle)
3 More Than Meets The Eye
4 Things Are Getting Better
5 Mixty Motions
6 Brazilian Memories
7 I’ll Be With You
8 Cassie’s Theme (Theme From Cassie & Co.) Bonus Tracks
9 Brazilian Memories (Single Edit)
10 I’ll Be With You (Single Edit)
11 The Best Is Yet To Come (with Special Guest, Patti LaBelle) (Single Edit)
12 More Than Meets The Eye (Single Edit)
CD5 :
Inside Moves (Expanded Edition)
1 Inside Moves
2 Dawn Song
3 Watching You, Watching Me
4 Secret Sounds
5 Jet Stream
6 When I Look At You
7 Sassy Stew
Bonus Tracks
8 When I Look At You (Single Edit)
9 Secret Sounds (Single Edit)
10 Inside Moves (Single Edit)
11 Sassy Stew (Single Edit)
